XVI 
PARK AND CEMETERY 
(Continued fr-oni />. 21.) 
smallpox, scarlet fever, tetanus, typhoid fever, typhus fever 
or yellow fever, shall be buried at such a depth that the top 
of the box containing the coffin or casket be not less than 
three and one-half feet from the natural surface of the 
ground.” 
This new rule abrogates the old rule requiring interments 
to be made nine feet under ground, for the reason that in 
some parts of the state the ground is either so rocky or moist 
that it is impossible to dig a grave nine feet deep. 
* * * 
The following is a new rule recently adopted by Mt. Hope 
Cemetery, Rochester, N. Y. : 
“Hereafter all boundary posts will be set by the cemetery. 
They must be cut so that they can be set at least 3 feet 6 
inches in the ground or have foundation to that depth, and 
dressed on the bottom to set level on the foundation, and 
when delivered must be laid on the avenue close to the sod- 
line at the nearest point to the lot in which they are to be 
set, and a written order for setting same must be left at 
cemetery office. The charges of setting posts from 6 to 12 
inches square will be made to the contractor of sixty cents 
per post in addition to the regular cost of foundation. For 
posts larger than the above dimensions, special rates will be 
charged. 
The commissioners reserve the privilege to stop all con- 
struction and erection between December ist and April ist. 
Any work set during the winter months will be allowed only 
by special arrangement with the superintendent, if deemed 
advisable by him. 
The following change is made in the masonry charge. All 
foundations, as heretofore, shall be built by the cemetery and 
paid for at the rate of thiity cents per cubic foot, with the 
exception of foundations equivalent to 200 cubic feet, or over, 
for which a charge of 25 cents per cubic foot will be made. 
“The charge for sodding and grading will be 4 cents per 
square foot instead of 3 cents as heretofore. 
ik * * 
The accompanying illustration shows the design for a 
chapel and receiving vault which is now in process of erec- 
tion at the new Evergreen Cemetery, Detroit, Mich. It will 
be a handsome stone structure fitted up in modern style and 
the receiving vault will contain about sixty catacombs. Since 
the organization of the Evergreen Cemetery, last April, over 
400 lots have been sold. Warren K. Nible is superintendent. 
The Episcopal Cemetery, Rhinebeck, N. Y., has been con- 
solidated with the Rhinebeck Cemetery Association, whose 
grounds adjoin it. 
FROM THE ANNUAL REPORTS. 
The Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass., at its recent 
annual meeting reported receipts of $26,050 and expenditures 
of $24,371. The total amount received for endowments dur- 
ing the year was $6,449. The report also refers to the dedica- 
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